棋
chess; chess-like game; a game of chess; CL:盤|盘[pan2]; chess piece; CL:個|个[ge4],顆|颗[ke1]
12 strokes
Dict coverage rank #1,608 U+68CB
How 棋 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
木 (semantic, “wood”) + 其 (phonetic, qí)
How to remember it
chess · Heisig RSH #2735
木 tree + hamper
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 其
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 其 (qí) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 其 sound component | qí | his, her, its, their; that |
| 基 | jī | foundation, base |
| 期 | qī | a period of time; date, time; phase |
| 旗 | qí | banner, flag, streamer |
| 欺 | qī | to cheat, to double-cross, to deceive |
| 淇 | qí | a river in Henan province |
| 箕 | jī | sieve; dust pan; garbage bag |
| 琪 | qí | fine jade |
| 麒 | qí | mythical unicorn |
| 祺 | qí | good luck, good fortune |
| 萁 | qí | pulses, legumes |
| 綦 | qí | dark gray; variegated; superlative |
| 骐 | qí | piebald horse; excellent horse |
| 蜞 | qí | lightfoot crab; worm, leech |
| 鲯 | qí | ray-finned fish; Coryphaena hippurus |
Words containing 棋
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 星罗棋布 | xīng luó qí bù | scattered about like stars in the sky or chess pieces on a board (idiom); spread all over … |
| 棋高一着 | qí gāo yī zhāo | to be a step ahead of the opponent (idiom); to outsmart one's opponent |
| 举棋不定 | jǔ qí bù dìng | to hesitate over what move to make (idiom); to waver; to shilly-shally |
| 国际棋联 | guó jì qí lián | International Chess Federation |
| 五子棋 | wǔ zǐ qí | five-in-a-row (game similar to tic-tac-toe); Japanese: gomoku; gobang |
| 一盘棋 | yī pán qí | chessboard layout; (fig.) overall situation |
| 飞行棋 | fēi xíng qí | aeroplane chess (a Chinese board game) |
| 西洋棋 | xī yáng qí | chess |
| 国际象棋 | guó jì xiàng qí | chess; CL:副[fu4] |
| 国际跳棋 | guó jì tiào qí | checkers (Western board game) |
| 棋格状 | qí gé zhuàng | checkered pattern; chessboard |
| 棋子 | qí zǐ | chess piece; CL:個|个[ge4],顆|颗[ke1]; (fig.) a pawn (used by others for their own purposes) |
| 兵棋推演 | bīng qí tuī yǎn | war-gaming; simulation of a military operation |
| 棋手 | qí shǒu | chess player |
| 下棋 | xià qí | to play chess |
| 琴棋书画 | qín qí shū huà | (idiom) the four arts of the Chinese scholar (guqin, Go, calligraphy and painting); (by ex… |
| 陆战棋 | lù zhàn qí | see 軍棋|军棋[jun1 qi2] |
| 井字棋 | jǐng zì qí | tic-tac-toe |
| 陆军棋 | lù jūn qí | see 軍棋|军棋[jun1 qi2] |
| 和棋 | hé qí | drawn game (in chess or other board game); CL:盤|盘[pan2] |